Market structure, scale efficiency, and risk as determinants of German banking profitability

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Market structure, scale efficiency, and risk as determinants of German banking profitability

Yu, Peiyi; Neus, Werner
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URI: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-17875
http://hdl.handle.net/10900/47338
Dokumentart: WorkingPaper
Date: 2005
Source: Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät ; 294
Language: English
Faculty: 6 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Department: Wirtschaftswissenschaften
DDC Classifikation: 330 - Economics
Keywords: Deutschland , Bank , Gewinn , Kreditwesen , Economies of scale
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Profit-structure relationship , Market Structure , Scale efficiency , Portfolio Risk
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Abstract:

The Scale-Efficiency version of the Efficient-Structure Hypothesis and the Structure-Conduct-Performance Hypothesis find empirical support in German banking data from 1998 to 2002. Due to the acceptance of the two hypotheses and the existence of overall economies of scale, we conclude that German banks may improve their profitability by increasing their asset size and/or by consolidation. The increased banking profitability will not only come from monopolistic power (higher concentration rate) but also from the scale efficiency benefit. We also find that portfolio risk is a key factor in determining the profit-structure relationship.

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